Vietnam91 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Yet more from our public service broadcaster, word on the street there were 20 other top flight games this past weekend too ... who'd have thought it: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 On 01/09/2024 at 18:35, GordonS said: Tom English: "It was a comment that will draw the same kind of blank expressions you see when historians are asked about the location of the Holy Grail or the resting place of the Mary Celeste." The Mary Celeste didn't go missing. It was found with no crew on it. We know where its resting place was. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwy7d4p9mpgo The usual pseudo-intellectual pish from English. His writing is terrible, especially now he seems to have free rein to come up with any old bollocks. Exhibit B would be his radio ramblings. Just very bad at his job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHF-23 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Not one for his football output I suppose but English also wrote a quite bizarre puff piece about the new performance consultant type guy the SRU have signed. He looks a good addition tbf but the article crossed the line into arse kissing territory in quite an odd way 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 38 minutes ago, GHF-23 said: Not one for his football output I suppose but English also wrote a quite bizarre puff piece about the new performance consultant type guy the SRU have signed. He looks a good addition tbf but the article crossed the line into arse kissing territory in quite an odd way Give it 6 months and he’ll be writing about how he always suspected he’d be a dud. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 I'm not sure if this counts as journalism, but two former referees have decided to go full Celtic Da and question the lines used by VAR for offside. There's plenty to criticise VAR for. But the what they're putting forward here is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how the lines are placed, and - ultimately - simple mathematics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 3 minutes ago, The Master said: I'm not sure if this counts as journalism, but two former referees have decided to go full Celtic Da and question the lines used by VAR for offside. There's plenty to criticise VAR for. But the what they're putting forward here is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how the lines are placed, and - ultimately - simple mathematics. They won 3-0, at an absolute canter, but they're still looking for masons under the bed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Arsenal 6-0 Rangers: Caitlin Foord scores four for Gunners in Champions League qualifing - BBC Sport According to the line ups Lizzie Arnot was in goal for Rangers. She's a midfielder. I know squad numbers can be a bugger compared to 1-11 but surely the BBC hack got a team sheet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 41 minutes ago, tamthebam said: Arsenal 6-0 Rangers: Caitlin Foord scores four for Gunners in Champions League qualifing - BBC Sport According to the line ups Lizzie Arnot was in goal for Rangers. She's a midfielder. I know squad numbers can be a bugger compared to 1-11 but surely the BBC hack got a team sheet? For some bizarre reason, they've started listing teams in alphabetical order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 36 minutes ago, kingjoey said: For some bizarre reason, they've started listing teams in alphabetical order. that's amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Was going to say, the Arsenal team is no better, with their number 8 at the top of the list and the number 1 at the bottom! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 On 03/09/2024 at 11:46, KnightswoodBear said: They won 3-0, at an absolute canter, but they're still looking for masons under the bed. Those tweets and replies are mental. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 15 hours ago, kingjoey said: For some bizarre reason, they've started listing teams in alphabetical order. I think they have basically just given up trying to put even the slightest bit of effort into the data content on their site, and are now just pumping an Opta feed straight on to the page without any human input at the BBC. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 8 minutes ago, craigkillie said: I think they have basically just given up trying to put even the slightest bit of effort into the data content on their site, and are now just pumping an Opta feed straight on to the page without any human input at the BBC. One of the many bright spots of the period between The Rangers being formed and promotion to the top division was that the BBC actually started paying attention to the their lower-league coverage. Anything outside of the Premiership has been gradually abandoned since. *sigh* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Sportscene used to boast of highlights of SPL* and "selected SFL games". Guess which one just happened to be selected every week *pre SPFL so don't @ me 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NorthernLights Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 It really is amazing how poor the BBC Sports website is these days. I really dislike how many of the pages are turning into timelines where your only navigation options is to scroll downwards with little clue as to what awaits. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/womens/scottish https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aberdeen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankChickens1 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 (edited) I often feel Tom English gets marginally more hate than he deserves but that report on the Poland game is so poor. Student level flowery nonsense. Talks about Gilmour and Mctominay in the same line and then mentions "the Napoli midfielder". Which one? That line about Gunn is a shocker too. Edited September 6 by FrankChickens1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 (edited) "Facing the great Robert Lewandowski was an Everestian feat" Everestian? What in the ever loving f**k? The man is a f**king idiot. I was reading the piece, unaware of who the author was, I get about 2 paragraphs in and there it is, another painful Englishism. Edited September 6 by Ric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 For a man who is paid to write, his actual writing is abominable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 11 hours ago, NorthernLights said: It really is amazing how poor the BBC Sports website is these days. I really dislike how many of the pages are turning into timelines where your only navigation options is to scroll downwards with little clue as to what awaits. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/womens/scottish https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aberdeen HAVE YOUR SAY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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